diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 3e0c019ef297..3abd4316cd4f 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA :=                  \
          llvm                           \
          llvm-version                   \
          clang                          \
-         libbpf
+         libbpf                         \
+         libpfm4
 
 FEATURE_TESTS ?= $(FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC)
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 92012381393a..84f845b9627d 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-libaio.bin			\
          test-libzstd.bin			\
          test-clang-bpf-global-var.bin		\
-         test-file-handle.bin
+         test-file-handle.bin			\
+         test-libpfm4.bin
 
 FILES := $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(FILES))
 
@@ -331,6 +332,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-clang-bpf-global-var.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-file-handle.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-libpfm4.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lpfm
+
 ###############################
 
 clean:
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libpfm4.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libpfm4.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af49b259459e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libpfm4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <perfmon/pfmlib.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	pfm_initialize();
+	return 0;
+}